Running your own summer day camp? Hillary is back with some fun theatre games for kids, perfect for…
Children's books about theater, celebrating what is means to be an actor, part of the audience or work backstage.
As an educator with over 38 years experience in the classroom, I've seen and heard all the tricks to successfully teaching elementary drama. Read my tips.
These picture books let you and your little one bring a story to life while diving deeper into the meaning.
Guest post by Sarah Wiggins I first heard about reader’s theater in college and thought, “How fun! I will definitely do that when I have a class of my own.” When I did get my very own classroom, however, I was overwhelmed with everything that I was supposed to fit into my reading block. How
In an era where almost everything is so casual, should we even bother passing along theatre etiquette to our children?
Have you always wondered how to do readers’ theater and why it’s used in the classroom? Find out answers to these questions in this post.
drama activities and games for elementary students
17 pages of improv warm-up games categorized by learning goals. Downloadable PDF.
Try these middle school drama lessons and ideas.
free stuff and lesson plans for creative dramatics and drama class
Just woke up from a long nap after teaching T.A.G. classes at OKTC! T.A.G. stands for “The Actor Grows” and is a program we have here for all the new kids to the company who are in gra…
drama activities and games for elementary students
Do you have trouble organizing your drama lessons into a workable format that fits within a specific time frame and fulfills all of your objectives/goals? This four-page tutorial helps you assimilate all of the components and create a drama workshop or class outline. Included is a sample eight session workshop outline for a Beginning Acting class as a reference.
Anyone who loves slide show and shadow play, or Granny’s vintage pop up storybooks, will love this too... The colorful tale mixes with the mysterious shadow play. A truly fabulous gift for young and old alike. You can play with this little puppet theater whenever you want. Especially in the evening after You went to bed. The puppet theatres, which brings back the vintage classical paper theatres experience, though are made of durable and good quality wood with my self-designed acrylic paintings printed on them. As an innovation I designed a new slot on the stage where you can place a shadow theatre insert and even with a flashlight or LED lights the wooden puppet theatre can turn into a wonderful shadow theatre. The theatres are easily assembled and reassembled and also upgradeable. The backgrounds of the puppets themselves. La Fontaine, the Grimm tales or Biblical stories as well can come to life on the stage thanks to the always growing story repertoire. It gives a truly magical 3D viewing experience which, based on numerous feedback, the digital generation also finds it engaging and magical at the same time. The courier service needs your phone number for successful delivery. When you order, give it to us, please! Thank You!
drama activities and games for elementary students
drama activities and games for elementary students
Type: Warm-Up Purpose: This game fits in a category that I call minimalism 🙂 Extremely simple, yet effective at focusing a class and having a bit of fun in the beginning of a session. Procedure: 1. Have the class stand in a circle. 2. Tell them (with a wink) you are about to introduce to them a super complicated...
Tips and Tricks of a Drama Teacher-- Drama Tools, That Is This is a continuation of my last blog about the tips and tricks of a drama teacher. Most of us have some form of a work nightmare. You know, you dream when you are at work and everything is crazy. Mine are different!
Nearly 100 easy drama lesson plans that require no preparation, and are perfect for substitute teachers. Elementary, middle school and high school.
Disclosure: I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for #CollectiveBias and its advertiser. We have been very blessed this year to have a mild winter here in Arizona. However, this last weekend it was very gloomy, cold, and rainy. It ... Read More about Kid’s Craft: DIY Puppet Theater with Crayola
Free Readers' Theater PDFs 4-Little-Pigs, Carnival of Animals, Summer of Riley, Thanksgiving A to Z, Whipping Boy, Chicken Little, Little Red Hen, and The Moorchild, 3 Billy Goats Gruff
Fairy Tale Mock Trials | Drama Notebook Lesson Plans and Plays for Kids and Teens
drama activities and games for elementary students
Props activity and drama lesson plan for kids and teens. Three pages of props ready to print out, cut apart and put in a hat, plus four activities.
Royalty-free scripted collection of skits for kids for classroom use, youth camps, church programs or school performances.
Free & funny readers' theater scripts by T. P. Jagger. Use readers' theater (readers' theatre) scripts to improve students' reading fluency.
Free 4 Little Pigs Play Script---supportive script for children to follow along and read their parts for Readers' theater.
From the Ancient Greek Dionysian Rite through to the 17th Century, this main lesson covered the development of the Dramatic Arts in the West, charting the
Summer Camps are a great way to try out an instrument or see if acting or drama theater classes are for them. Here are some of our favorite options for Summer Camps in the local area for "acting classes near me" that are easy to get to and offer quality services.
Reader's theater is the perfect tool to add to your middle school ELA toolbox for so many reasons: it is interactive, highly engaging, enhances student
Enjoy this free printable readers' theater of the Seven Chinese Brothers - an old tale of seven brothers from China who must go up against the emperor.
Free Readers' Theater PDFs 4-Little-Pigs, Carnival of Animals, Summer of Riley, Thanksgiving A to Z, Whipping Boy, Chicken Little, Little Red Hen, and The Moorchild, 3 Billy Goats Gruff
Has your class or a small group done an amazing job practicing a reader's theater? Is your performance something that may bring a t...
PHYSICAL THEATRE Drama Unit. This is a fully detailed, curriculum aligned drama unit which provides you with 5 x 100 minute drama lesson plans. NO PREP REQUIRED! This unit comes with everything you need including extension and differentiation activities. Students explore physical and abstract theatre through well known fairy tales. Comes with an amended story extract (for psycho drama exercise), 3 original short scripts for in class performance and detailed instructions so you can implement a quality physical theatre unit. I've done your term planning for you so you can spend your time on other things! Suitable for various levels. Note on timing: you may like to take some of the activities slower than indicated. I have jam packed the drams unit on purpose (with options for extension activities) so you have plenty of options for dynamic classes. INCLUDES: - 5 x 100 Minute Detailed Lesson Plans based on Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk and Hansel and Gretel - Homework Tasks - 3 Short Scripts - Additional and Extension Activities - Differentiation Activities - Assessment Template (for ease of marking) - Unit Reflection Handout KEY VOCABULARY: Character. Physical Theatre. Freeze Frame. Stereotypes. Drama Machine. Abstract. Movement. Script. Stage Directions. Status. Psycho Drama. UNIT AIMS: Students explore physical and abstract theater through the theme of well known fairy tales. Students will: • Create drama based off classic stories • Create characters with the body and voice • Use physical theatre to show meaning • Use physical theatre in scripted performances • Rehearse and perform abstract scenes • Explore different uses of physical theatre • Establish a character using movement, gesture and facial expression • Use drama vocabulary • Use bodies and movement in interesting ways • Respond to stimuli • Use physicality to show status TERMS OF USE This product is for personal classroom or home school use by a single purchaser only. You may not distribute, copy or modify this product other than for your own personal, non-commercial classroom use. © Drama Trunk. All rights reserved. *****MORE NO PREP DRAMA UNITS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL / HIGH SCHOOL***** You may also like the following full drama units for middle school and high school. These units are curriculum-aligned and no preparation is needed: INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA UNIT AVAILABLE HERE HARRY POTTER & THE CURSED CHILD DRAMA UNIT AVAILABLE HERE STATUS & THE FRENCH REVOLUTION DRAMA UNIT AVAILABLE HERE INTRODUCTION TO CHARACTERIZATION DRAMA UNIT AVAILABLE HERE INTRODUCTION TO MIME DRAMA UNIT AVAILABLE HERE ROMEO AND JULIET DRAMA UNIT AVAILABLE HERE FAIRY TALES PHYSICAL THEATRE DRAMA UNIT AVAILABLE HERE THE CRUCIBLE DRAMA UNIT AVAILABLE HERE THE TEMPEST SHAKESPEARE DRAMA UNIT AVAILABLE HERE + CHECK OUT MORE DRAMA UNITS AVAILABLE AT DRAMA TRUNK! *****NO PREP DRAMA UNITS FOR PRIMARY / ELEMENTARY***** You may also be interested in the following full drama units for primary / elementary. These units are curriculum aligned and NO PREP is required. Just print and teach a quality drama unit. JACK AND THE BEANSTALK DRAMA UNIT and SCRIPT FOR ELEMENTARY AVAILABLE HERE HANSEL AND GRETEL DRAMA UNIT FOR PRIMARY AVAILABLE HERE INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA UNIT (Years 5 and above) AVAILABLE HERE MIME FOR PRIMARY AVAILABLE HERE SNOW WHITE DRAMA UNIT and SCRIPT FOR ELEMENTARY AVAILABLE HERE *****DRAMA CARDS***** DRAMA TRUNK DRAMA CARDS ARE A DRAMA TEACHER'S BEST FRIEND! Just print, laminate (optional) and cut out a set of versatile drama cards that you can use over and over again. I cannot count how many times and ways I have used drama cards – absolutely my most handy drama teaching resource. The following 17 DRAMA TRUNK drama card sets are available individually or as a CLASSIC BUNDLED PACK: CHARACTER CARDS AVAILABLE HERE QUIRKY CHARACTER DRAMA CARDS AVAILABLE HERE DRAMATIC DEATH CARDS AVAILABLE HERE OPENING LINES AVAILABLE HERE MIME CARDS AVAILABLE HERE SETTINGS CARDS AVAILABLE HERE GENRES CARDSAVAILABLE HERE LIVING PICTURES AVAILABLE HERE SILLY SUPERHEROES AVAILABLE HERE STORY TITLES AVAILABLE HERE EMOTION CARDS AVAILABLE HERE CHARACTER SWITCHES AVAILABLE HERE MOVEMENT CARDS AVAILABLE HERE CHARACTER MANNERISMS AVAILABLE HERE VOCAL STYLES AVAILABLE HERE TIME PERIODS AVAILABLE HERE CHARACTER CHARACTERISTICS AVAILABLE HERE ******** EVEN MORE DRAMA CARDS ******** OR CHECK OUT ANOTHER DRAMA CARD BUNDLE WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SETS (also available individually or as part of the MEGA DRAMA CARD BUNDLE): WORLD DESTINATIONS AVAILABLE HERE GREAT ESCAPES PANTOMIME CARDSAVAILABLE HERE OLYMPIC EVENTS AVAILABLE HERE FORBIDDEN WORD SCENES AVAILABLE HERE SCENE SCENARIOS AVAILABLE HERE CHARACTER HOBBIES AVAILABLE HERE CHARACTER TACTICS AVAILABLE HERE THEATRE STYLES AVAILABLE HERE RANDOM LINES AVAILABLE HERE ODD INVENTIONS AVAILABLE HERE HELP SCENES AVAILABLE HERE CHARACTER AILMENTS AVAILABLE HERE PROP SCENES AVAILABLE HERE HISTORICAL EVENTS AVAILABLE HERE FAMOUS CHARACTERS AVAILABLE HERE CLICHES AVAILABLE HERE PROVERBS AVAILABLE HERE SHAKESPEARE QUOTES AVAILABLE HERE + MORE DRAMA CARDS AVAILABLE AT DRAMA TRUNK! Stay tuned to my page DRAMA TRUNK for more fantastic drama teaching resources – from drama activities and classes for little people, primary school drama, drama for middle school, drama for high school and more... Happy teaching!
Guest post by Sarah Wiggins I first heard about reader’s theater in college and thought, “How fun! I will definitely do that when I have a class of my own.” When I did get my very own classroom, however, I was overwhelmed with everything that I was supposed to fit into my reading block. How
Huge collection of fairy tale plays for elementary, middle school and high school students. Short, funny scripts, Grimm's fairy tale scripts, full-length plays and more.
Practicing reader’s theater scripts is a fun way to build reading fluency, comprehension, and engagement! Here's how I use reader's theater in my classroom.
Any theatre teacher can tell you the importance of theatre games. Games and ritual help create a safe and supportive environment and promote teamwork. A great circle can mean the difference between a class that is fun and successful or one that falls flat.
This character education bundle contains three scripts that can be used for a variety of purposes. Suggestions are to... 1. Use it to double as a reader's theater and character lesson for your students 2. Use it to perform as a class play 3. Use it for assemblies (Older students may use it to perform for younger students!) This packet contains: 1. "A Clique-y Situation 2. "Self-Control" 3. "Stressed Out" I hope that your students enjoy these resources!
Children's books about theater, celebrating what is means to be an actor, part of the audience or work backstage.
